Australian property market

July 17, 2018

The Sydney rental market has recorded the highest vacancy rate in at least 13 years according to SQM Research. Sydney’s rental vacancy rate rose to 2.8% in June with an estimated 19,572 residential rental dwellings sitting vacant and available for rent. The vacancy rate rose from 2.5% recorded in May and 2.0% recorded in June…

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July 16, 2017

Research by CoreLogic confirmed that over the past 20 financial years, combined capital city dwelling values fell just twice. Over the last financial year (2016-2017), CoreLogic found that combined capital city dwelling values increased by 9.6% which was actually greater than the 8.3% rise over the 2015-16 financial year. Combined capital city dwelling values have…

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March 5, 2017

When taking a holistic approach to what makes house values rise, retirement costs are an obvious contributor. I have argued that because of favourable tax treatment and finance structures, housing presents an appealing investment for individuals who are facing health and aged care costs. This could be part of why investment in housing has increased…

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January 25, 2017

Many of the property market predictions made this time last year were wrong! Mine included. For example…. the Sydney and Melbourne property markets performed much stronger than the commentators expected. So let’s look more closely at what’s happening in the property markets around Australia and examine the data and graphs provided by CoreLogic. Home values increased…

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December 15, 2016

The CoreLogic November Hedonic Home Value Index results show a rise in dwelling values across every capital city excluding Melbourne over the month. However, the overall growth rate has moderated when compared with recent month’s performance. Throughout November, capital city dwelling values rose by 0.2%. While the headline results remained in positive growth territory, the…

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September 2, 2016

New research finds almost a million Australians are living in poor or very poor-quality housing, with more than 100,000 in dwellings regarded as very poor or derelict, writes… Emma Baker, University of Adelaide; Andrew Beer, University of South Australia, and Rebecca Bentley, University of Melbourne Truth be told, most Australians live in good housing. This…

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August 11, 2016

Political uncertainty destabilises the Canberra property market. The federal election has been and gone, but has it had an effect on the housing market in the ACT? The federal election was held at the beginning of July, and as is often the case, the local property market in Canberra stagnated during the election period. While…

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August 7, 2016

Six hundred and thirteen suburbs (see attached list) in Australia now boast a median value of at least $1million, up by 29 per cent over the year according to research by CoreLogic to June 2016. Houses, with 570 suburbs listed (93%), dominated the million dollar median group while the remaining 43 (7%) were for units. We noted a significant…

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May 29, 2016

Entering the property market is a tough gig for first home buyers, especially when faced with competition from buyers who hold larger buying budgets, some of which has been accrued from property equity earned as a result of recent strong capital gains. While home value rises have been moderate over recent years outside of Sydney and Melbourne,…

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May 27, 2016

Late last week the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released labour force statistics for April 2016. The data showed that the national unemployment rate was recorded at 5.7% which was steady over the month and remains at its lowest level since September 2013. The unemployment rate is also well down from its recent peak of 6.3%. The…

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